open science
TRANSCRIPT
• What is Open Science?
• How did we get here?
• How is Open Science currently being practiced?
• How can we participate as librarians?
• What is in store for the future?
Outline
“Open science is the idea that scientific knowledge of all kinds should be openly shared as early as is practical in the discovery process”-Michael Nielson
Open Science
http://www.openscience.org/blog/?p=454
• Thousands of years ago• Empirical science – describing natural phenomena
• Last few hundred years• Theoretical science – using models and generalizations to explain
phenomena
• Last few decades• Computational science – using digital technology to simulate
phenomena
The Past: How did we get here?
• Data intensive scientific discovery• Unifying theory, experiment and simulation
• Data exploration
The Fourth Paradigm
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/fourthparadigm/
Growth of GenBank (1982-2008)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/genbankstats-2008/
HGP and the Bermuda Agreement
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1) Primary genomic sequences should be in the public domain
2) Primary genomic sequence should be rapidly released
The Present: Open Science at Work
http://www.galaxyzoo.org/http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/http://fold.it/portal/http://www.mygrid.org.uk/http://polymathprojects.org/http://onschallenge.wikispaces.com/
• Legislation and policy• International, federal, provincial, institutional
• Intellectual property rights issues
• Infrastructure • Data deluge
• Economic sustainability
• Interoperability
• Training and support• Standardized training for researchers and information professionals
• Scientific culture• Publish or perish
• Fear of misinterpretation
Current Challenges
http://rds-sdr.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/about/backgrounder.html
Solutions
http://datacite.org/http://total-impact.org/http://www.nih.gov/http://rds-sdr.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/http://www.researchgate.net/http://www.oecd.org
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research• Must deposit certain data types upon publication
• Must keep all data for a minimum of five years
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council• Strategic Network Grants Guidelines
• Encourages researchers to share data within a reasonable period of time
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council• SSHRC Research Data Archiving Policy
• Must deposit data within two years within two years of project completion
Canadian Context
plan
collect
describe
preserve
analyze
integrate
Role of the librarian
Data lifecycle
data management
Identify and apply appropriate metadata
Identify appropriate repository
Help users access data
• Planning and data management
• Metadata and archiving support
• Finding and using relevant infrastructure
• Building and managing institutional policies and repositories
• Support and training
Role of the librarian
http://www.flickr.com/photos/litandmore/2284209815/
The Future…
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Allard, S. (2012). DataONE: Facilitation eScience through collaboration. Journal of eScience Librarianship, 1(1), 4-17.
Carlson, J., Fosmire, M., Miller, C. C., & Nelson, M. S. (2011). Determining data information literacy needs. Libraries and the academy, 11(2), 629-657.
Hey, A. J. G., Tansley, S., & Tolle, K. M. (Eds.). (2009). The fourth paradigm : data-intensive scientific discovery. Redmond, Wash.: Microsoft Research.
Martin, E., Leger-Hornby, T., & Kafel, D. (2012). Frameworks for data management curriculum: Course plans for data management instruction to undergraduate and graduate students in science, health sciences and engineering programs. Retrieved from http://library.umassmed.edu/data_management_frameworks.pdf
National Research Council of Canada. (2012, January 30, 2012). Research Data Strategy Retrieved April 16, 2012, from http://rds-sdr.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/index.html
Nielsen, M. A. (2012). Reinventing discovery : the new era of networked science. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
Ouellette, F. (2011). Data sharing: bioinformatics of cancer genomics. The 2011 Canadian Research Data Summit. Power Point Presentation. Retrieved from http://rds-sdr.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/events/data_summit_2011/presentations.html
Shearer, K. (2011). Comprehensive brief on open access to publications and research data for the federal granting agencies. Retrieved from http://www.science.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=en&n=2360F10C-1
Soehner, C., Steeves, C., & Ward, J. (2010). E-Science and data support services: A study of ARL member institutions. Report. Retrieved from www.arl.org/bm~doc/escience-report.pdf
Selected Sources
Andrea Miller-Nesbitt
(514) 398-1663
• What are the implications of data-intensive science on library collections?
• Will we see large groups of non-scientists co-authoring papers?
Questions?
Resource Content Link
eSciences portal for New England librarians
Provides useful links to overviews of eScience, data management support, science basics for non-scientists, etc.
http://esciencelibrary.umassmed.edu/index
Open Science list serve Relatively low-volume list for the open science community
http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-science
Journal of eScience librarianship
Open access, peer-reviewed journal which began in 2012
http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jeslib/
Data information literacy
Information about a data information literacy program being developed by a number of academic libraries in the U.S.A.
http://wiki.lib.purdue.edu/display/ste/home
The Fourth Paradigm blog
A continuation of the published book The Fourth Paradigm
http://blogs.nature.com/fourthparadigm/
Inter-university consortium for political and social research
Provides training in data access, curation and analysis for social science research community
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/index.jsp
ARL eScience survey resource page
Various links for institutions planning to support eScience
http://www.arl.org/rtl/eresearch/escien/esciensurvey/surveyresearch.shtml
CARL Data management subcommittee
Links to reports that provide an overview of data management at CARL member libraries
http://carl-abrc.ca/en/scholarly-communications/data-management-sub-committee.html
Suggested Resources for Librarians